5 vendor lock-in obstacles and strategies to avoid
Whether you run SAP or Oracle applications, you may have come to the same conclusion that thousands of other IT teams have: software vendor policies and support models which we refer to as “vendor-dictated roadmaps” are primarily designed to benefit the software vendors … NOT their customers. A big challenge that can stop IT innovation dead in its tracks is vendor lock-in. In this 30-minute webinar, Jason Kotsaftis, Senior Product Marketing Director and Jeremy Sayler, Director of License Advisory Services, share five ways to help you break free from vendor lock-in! You will learn how other IT teams have taken back control of their Oracle and SAP relationships in order to regain flexibility and invest in their IT roadmap.
5 Questions to Ask Oracle at RECONNECT and INFOCUS
Companies have invested in PeopleSoft and JD Edwards software for years, which includes paying Oracle maintenance support in exchange for upgrades that contained new features and innovation. Now that Oracle has announced that their future is the Oracle Cloud, what is the path forward for those existing platforms? Whether or not you are going to the PeopleSoft RECONNECT or JD Edwards INFOCUS conferences this year, you may have questions or concerns about your applications, Oracle’s Continuous Innovation release model, or how best to implement IaaS or PaaS. During this 30-minute recorded session, Jason Kotsaftis, Sr. Director, Product Marketing and Ray Grisby, VP of Global JD Edwards Service Delivery share five questions to ask Oracle and RECONNECT and INFOCUS.
How SAP customers are designing digital roadmaps to get to 2025 and beyond
Many SAP customers are feeling pressure from SAP to license and migrate to the SAP S/4HANA platform due to the planned end-of-support date of 2027 for Business Suite 7 core application releases. This looming deadline has created a decision point for CIOs as they determine their SAP roadmap and strategy for the next decade and beyond. SAP customers must make a choice now: either stay on an SAP-dictated roadmap which benefits SAP or choose a Business-Driven Roadmap which benefits their organization. Rimini Street recently conducted a survey of SAP customers to gather data and insights on the impact of the 2027 deadline on their SAP strategy and how they plan to re-align their roadmap to meet their unique business needs. In this 30-minute webinar, former Gartner analyst, Pat Phelan covers the three main trends that emerged from the data: The top 2019 priorities of licensees and how those align with the current health of their relationships with SAP Whether they have moved or plan to migrate from their core SAP applications to S/4HANA and the reasons behind their decisions Details on their overall satisfaction with SAP maintenance, support, and new features, as well as their plans with respect to future investment with SAP Hosted by Michael Louie, Director of Product Marketing for Rimini Street, this interactive session will be illuminating to any organization that wants to take control of their ERP strategy and eliminate the planned 2027 end-of-support roadblock. Watch this on-demand webinar now.
Get More Out of Your JD Edwards Maintenance Investment
When Oracle announced a “cloud first” approach to new applications development, they left many JD Edwards customers questioning the future of their JDE applications and their customizations. Tune into this recurring webinar to get the latest news and best practices as you make decisions about your roadmap.This webinar will be important if your organization is: On JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and upgrading just to maintain support – or – no longer upgrading and therefore questioning the value for their ongoing maintenance dollar investments On JD Edwards World and feeling forced pressure to migrate to EnterpriseOne Any JDE customer evaluating a lock-in with Oracle Cloud as a rip-and-replace strategy Any JDE customer running the IBM Technology Foundation (a.k.a. Blue Stack) and deciding your next move. Jason Kotsaftis, Sr. Director, Product Marketing and Ray Grigsby, VP of Global JDE Service Delivery at Rimini Street provide real-world examples of how customers are deciding their next move and answer questions in this 30-minute session.Watch this webinar and get the answers you need to start innovating today!
The future of Oracle’s ERP platform: Rimini Street Insights
Many organizations may be in the midst of evaluating the lifespan of their back-office applications, particularly as vendors like Oracle shift more of their innovation and R&D investments away from the core ERP software you have spent years customizing and building your business around. Oracle Cloud may seem like the right option to take your organization to the next level – but if you take a closer look at what Oracle is offering, several questions emerge. During this 30-minute session with Rimini Street, we address some of these common questions, including: Cloud credits and other promotion offers – what are you really getting? The SOAR program…or is it the SORE program? Are you giving up control of your future IT roadmap to follow theirs? Jason Kotsaftis, Rimini Street’s Director of Product Marketing for Oracle products, walks through key factors customers should consider before making a decision about the Oracle Cloud, and their overall ERP roadmap for 2025 and beyond.
Application Management Services for the modern software world
Despite significant investments in traditional Application Management Services (AMS), IT teams have failed to see the benefits promised: the ability to offload IT backlogs so internal teams can focus on game-changing initiatives. Why? • AMS models are increasingly complex, with segregated application management and support layers provided by multiple vendors, leaving the internal IT teams mediating escalations • Some AMS vendors underprice their contracts using low-cost, inexperienced resources then make up their profit margins by pushing expensive “out of scope” billable consulting – causing scope creep where IT teams pay more for what they already own This 30-minute webinar from Rimini Street will explore new options IT teams have to modernize and manage their business-critical applications. Attendees will learn why a simple shift to an integrated support + AMS model can reduce the burden of day-to-day administration, improve IT’s ability to deliver on enhancement requests, and increase user adoption of SAP, Salesforce and other ERP and CRM systems.
Moving to Oracle’s Cloud – are the risks worth the rewards? A Rimini Street Perspective
Most CIOs are planning or executing a journey to the cloud. Strategies range from “not yet” to “cloud when it makes sense” to “cloud-first.” Some start by moving their infrastructure first, while others go “all-in” by moving infrastructure, platform, and applications. Given the strategy and route your cloud journey is taking, is Oracle’s roadmap going to take you where you want to go? Each stop along Oracle’s roadmap can lock licensees deeper into its cloud, so you must be certain that Oracle is the right long-term partner before starting down the Oracle cloud path. Oracle is offering cloud incentive programs to tempt its licensees to start the journey, but these programs can have risks and hidden costs.Join former Gartner analyst, Pat Phelan, as she examines alternate routes to the cloud and weighs Oracle cloud service options against the potential for lock-in and other risks. Hosted by Jason Kotsaftis, Product Marketing Director for Rimini Street, this 30-minute session is instrumental to organizations planning their path to the cloud.
Oracle EBS 2021 forced upgrade deadline? Are you ready?
With Oracle E-Business Suite release 12.1 transitioning to Sustaining Support in December 2021, users are justifiably concerned about the risks posed to their business by operating under this reduced support level. Luckily, E-Business Suite customers have a better choice – save now and upgrade later while keeping full support. In this webinar, Jason Kotsaftis, Rimini Street’s Senior Director of Product Marketing for Oracle Products, shares case studies of E-Business Suite customers save 50% on their Oracle products annual support fees while maintaining full support even as they defer upgrading their Oracle EBS applications until there are clear and measurable benefits. Watch this webinar today!
Navigating the Future of ERP – IDG Market Pulse Survey Results
SAP customers must decide if they’ll migrate to S/4HANA now, given the planned 2027 end-of-support deadline, or gain the flexibility and time to choose a roadmap and next-generation system that best fits their needs. A new IDG global survey reports that 85% of SAP customers surveyed plan to continue running existing SAP applications until 2025 or beyond, despite the impending cutoff date for mainstream maintenance support for ECC6.1 The survey also reports that although these SAP customers are happy with their current ERP environments, they are also concerned with stagnation, as few innovations and enhancements are being delivered for those systems by SAP. So how can SAP customers innovate, compete, and avoid stagnation without migrating to S/4HANA right now? Join Dave Rowe, Chief Marketing Officer, Rimini Street and Tom Schmidt, Digital Content Director, IDG, as they examine the key findings from the IDG market survey and what it means for your SAP roadmap. Watch now.